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XBMC Media Center 9.11 leaves Alpha to Beta and introduces Confluence as the new default skin to replace the PM3.HD skin that now becomes an ordinary skin.
– XBMC developers ask translators to pay particular attention to XBMC settings and Confluence skin when translating.
– PPAs for Karmic and Live builds are also available for testers. Hit the link below to see the Confluence skin.
XBMC is an award-winning cross-platform entertainment center released under the GNU/GPL license.
via XBMC ~ XBMC 9.11 Beta1: Introducing Confluence
Posted in Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows | 1 Comment »
For Windows, Mac and Linux: Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download, for all platforms. Most of the features in this release are already present in the beta releases liked Tabbed emails, New Search with Advanced Filtering Tools, message archiving, the Activity Manager and more. But Thunderbird 3 RC 1 also addresses stability issues, improves performance and web compatibility and simplifies code and sustainability.
To install Thunderbird 3 RC1 on your Ubuntu, follow this guide: A Single Command Install of Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu
Download Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate 1, a preview release of the next major Thunderbird.
Posted in Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows | 5 Comments »
In Windows its quite easy to setup a VPN (virtual private network) client like the open source UltraVPN client that is fully based on OpenVPN. In windows system it takes less than a minute to get UltraVPN up and running – time spent in downloading, installing and creating a UltraVPN account. In Ubuntu takes a few extra minutes and you might need a windows partition.
– VPNs become handy when you want connect to websites with geographically blocked contents, when you seek for a secured access to files and folders, or for some extra privacy etc etc. UltraVPN offers the necessary anonymity for home users. More»
Posted in Open-Source, Ubuntu, Web Utilities, Windows | 15 Comments »
The web is crowded with lots of information on the Debian based Google Chrome OS promptly called Chrome OS. If you’re eager to get your hands on the newly released Linux operating system then grab the ready to use VMware compiled image of Chrome OS for testing on a virtual machine environment like the freely available, cross-platform VirtualBox.
This is not an official build, it was complied by a guy at Pirate bay BitTorrent, so it might not be that safe. Chrome OS is open source so you can as well download the source code and build yours. Instructions are available at the Chromium OS developers site. Running Chrome OS in a virtual machine also means you won’t get all its power and performance like the 7 second boot time – Nonetheless its worth a try and costs you nothing.
Download Chrome OS at Pirate Bay ~ via [TechCrunch]
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Slim and fast Sumatra 1.0 PDF reader has got a portable version, it’s up to you to find space for it on your USB flash drive so you can view PDF files on any Windows PC – with its 2MB size only finding space should be no problem. Sumatra PDF Portable 1.0 by PortableApps is packed is to integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. Sumatra PDF Portable is a free and open source PDF viewer for Windows.
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